home and family
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Parenting Playlist, Year 1
In the first six months of parenting, these are the categories of music that one listens to: Music that makes your colicky, refluxy, teething little monster(s) fall asleep Nope, that’s it This is mostly either whatever happens to be playing on shuffle at the moment when your midnight dancing around the living room finally works, or whatever lyrics… Continue reading
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Diapering: earth destroyer, or crazy hippie?
Overall, our parenting is somewhere in the range of a 7 on the crappy crunchy scale, with some dips into the 2 range. (Yep, I’ll wait….okay, back now?) Diapers are one of the both-ends-of-the-scale things. Our primary diaper is the cloth/synthetic BumGenius FreeTime All-in-One, which, yes, costs $20 per diaper. At night, though, we go Huggies Overnights disposables.… Continue reading
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“Do what’s right for your baby/family”…even if it’s conventional
It’s not common in parenting circles to brag about formula-feeding, disposable diapers, and sleep training, but: yep, we do those things (at least in part). And, hopefully I can save some new parents out there a lot of grief by assuring: yep, it’s totally okay for you to do them too, if that’s what works… Continue reading
About Me
Michigander, parent of twins, urban planner, role-playing game nerd.
Common Monkeyflower 